| Resumen |
IN SEEKING TO DISCOVER HIS INNER SELF, THE BRILLIANT DR. HENRY JEKYLL DISCOVERS A MOSTER . FIRST PUBLISHED TO IMMEDIATE ACCLAIM IN 1886, THIS MESMERISING THRILLER IS TERRIFYING STUDY OF THE DUALITY OF MAN`S NATURE, AND IT IS THE BOOK WHICH ESTABLISHED STEVENSON`S REPUTATION AS A WRITER.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME IS STEVENSON`S 1887 COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABBLES.
THE MERRY MEN IS A GRIPPING HIGHLAND TALE OF SHIPWRECKS AND MADNESS; MARKHEIM, A SINISTER STUDY OF THE MIND OF A MURDERER, THRUWN JANET, A SPINE-CHILLING TALE OF DEMONIC POSSESSION; OLLULLU, A STUDY OF DEGENERATION AND INCIPIENT VAMPIRISM IN THE IN THE SPANISH MOUNTAIN INN-KEEPER; AND THE TREUSURE OF FRANCHARD, A STUDY OF FRENCH BOURGEOIS LIFE. |
